Strong squad promised for Tuesday

Sam Allardyce will be taking a near full-strength squad to Meadow Park on Tuesday evening for the pre-season friendly against Boreham Wood.

As part of the deal that saw former midfielder Pelly Ruddock join West Ham on a two-and-a-half year contract last December, Allardyce will be taking his squad to face the Conference South side for their first pre-season fixture on home soil.

Players confirmed in West Ham's squad for the game, which kicks off at Meadow Park at 7.30pm are as follows (subject to injury status):

Stephen Henderson, Jussi Jaaskalainen; Jordan Spence, Joey O’Brien, Guy Demel, Winston Reid, George McCartney, James Tomkins; Mark Noble, Ravel Morrison, Gary O’Neil, Momo Diame, Kevin Nolan, Jack Collison, Matthew Taylor; Ricardo Vaz Te, Sam Baldock, Nicky Maynard, Carlton Cole.

Tickets for the game can be purchased either from the BWFC ticket office on 020 8953 5097 or at the gate on the night.

West Ham kicked off their pre-season programme in Austria on Saturday afternoon against Austria Wien; Sam Baldock scored the opening goal after just four minutes before the Hammers eventually lost 3-1 in the Franz Horr Stadium.